Church Fountain
- City : Ningbo, China.
- Since : 2017
A signature fountain for urban renovation
The City of Ningbo started its renovation project of Taodu Urban Park in 2016.
From the beginning, the project envisaged the installation of an ornamental fountain in the centre of the park, but the wish was also to propose an animation to the visitor.
A first project that meets the specifications
It is quite naturally that Aquatique Show proposed a Dancing fountain to fulfil these initial specifications.
The budget being limited, our first proposal was a dancing fountain with simple lines, quite classic, with pooling pumps to reduce costs while ensuring the possibility of programming water shows with music and lights.
A second custom-made water show project
The fountain, although adequate, seemed unfinished, and it was only after a visit of the site that an original idea came to our mind.
Taodu Park offers breath-taking views of Ningbo's Cathedral of Seven Sorrows of Mary.
This monument built in 1713 during the reign of the Qing Dynasty, has been rebuilt several times including in its current architecture in neo-Gothic style by the French Lazarists in 1872. Protection of national heritage since 2006, this church was severely damaged by a fire in 2014, then renovated until 2018.
Aquatique Show then redesigned a custom-made water show to highlight this heritage by imagining a church of water, as a reflection of the building, thus linking the park to the church in a promenade.
A show fountain and a water labyrinth
The result is simply unique: our fountain offers original water shows in music and lights, but also imbues the park with a spiritual aura drawn from its neighbour of stone.
It also allows visitors to play in the fountain that the squares of water jets can trap and release: a real water labyrinth.
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